Reports: Nathan Eovaldi has pending deal with Red Sox for 4 years, $67.5M

By Michael Silverman | [email protected] | Boston Herald PUBLISHED: December 6, 2018 at 10:16 am | UPDATED: December 6, 2018 at 11:54 am The Red Sox have reportedly reached an agreement on a new deal with free agent starter and 2018 postseason star Nathan Eovaldi. According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the contract is pending Eovaldi passing a physical, and according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, the contract will be for four years and worth $67.5 million. On an average annual value basis, Eovaldi will make $16.875 million, which makes him the third-highest paid starter of the Top Four Red Sox starters next season. David Price, who is signed through 2022, will make $31 next season. Rick Porcello, a free agent after next season, will make $21 million in 2019, and Chris Sale, also in the final year of his contract, will make $15 million. Eovaldi’s postseason — a 1.61 ERA over six games and 22-1/3 innings — lifted the stock of the 28-year-old right-hander, who came to the Red Sox in a mid-season deal with the Rays. The Red Sox stated early in the offseason that they were interested in re-signing him. Several other teams, including the Yankees, were also said to be on the trail of Eovaldi. Assuming the Red Sox close out the deal — terms of which are unknown, although various reports recently peg the deal for four years and in the high-teen millions per year — that would represent the second free agent starter… [Read full story]